Faber & Faber reissues Joan Barfoot's 1978 novel 'Gaining Ground' — a book that took three publishers and 48 years to reach the UK shelf again

Faber & Faber has reissued Canadian novelist Joan Barfoot's "Gaining Ground" in paperback at £9.99. First published in Canada in 1978 as "Abra," the novel reached the UK in 1980 via The Women's Press, a feminist house. Faber's 2026 edition returns it to British shelves after decades out of mainstream circulation.